Intimate partner violence (IPV) occurs
frequently and has serious health, economic, and social
consequences. Given the seriousness of this problem, numerous
professional and health care organizations have recommended routine
screening of women for IPV by health care providers in primary care
settings. However, recent systematic reviews of the literature have
not found evidence for the effectiveness of screening to improve
health outcomes for women exposed to IPV. We are proposing to
conduct a randomized controlled trial to provide this evidence. The
trial will recruit 3680 women in a public obsetrics, gynecology,
and family planning clinic. Women attending this clinic tend to be
African American and of lower socioeconomic status. For this study
(the Main Study), women will be randomly allocated to one of three
arms: 1) screened for IPV, and if disclosing IPV, provided
information on available IPV services; 2) not screened and all
receiving information on available IPV services; or 3) a control
group that will not be screened nor receive information on
available IPV services. All three arms will be assessed with a
self-report measure of mental health, disability, and quality of
life at baseline utilizing an audio-computer-assisted structured
interview (A-CASI) and at a 12-month follow-up utilizing a
computerized-assisted telephone interview (CATI). A pretest with
196 women in this same clinic will be conducted to test the
enrollment, randomization, interview, and follow-up procedures;
provide estimates for outcome measures and a potential mediator of
outcomes (contact of IPV services) and establish the concordance
between measures used at baseline (in the clinic) and at a one-week
follow-up over the phone. The study arms of the Pretest, which vary
slightly from those of the Main Study, are designed to accomplish
these intermediate objectives. The results will be used to refine
the measures, procedures, and sample size requirements for the Main
Study. The results from the Main Study, the Randomized Controlled
Trial, will guide CDC as well as other governmental agencies,
professional and health care orgniazations, and women's advocate
groups in formulating its recommendations and policies regarding
routine screening.
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USC 391 Name of Law: Public Health Service Act Prevention and
Control of Injuries
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USC 301 Name of Law: Public Health Service Act Research and
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